diff -urN coreutils-5.2.1-orig/src/uname.c coreutils-5.2.1/src/uname.c
--- coreutils-5.2.1-orig/src/uname.c	2005-01-15 19:15:36.193346304 +0100
+++ coreutils-5.2.1/src/uname.c	2005-01-15 19:19:06.918311240 +0100
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 /* Operating system.  */
 #define PRINT_OPERATING_SYSTEM 128
 
+void __sysinfo_processor_type(char*);
+
 static struct option const uname_long_options[] =
 {
   {"all", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
@@ -243,13 +245,9 @@
   if (toprint & PRINT_PROCESSOR)
     {
       char const *element = unknown;
-#if HAVE_SYSINFO && defined SI_ARCHITECTURE
-      {
-        static char processor[257];
-        if (0 <= sysinfo (SI_ARCHITECTURE, processor, sizeof processor))
-          element = processor;
-      }
-#endif
+      char processor[BUFSIZ];
+      __sysinfo_processor_type(processor);
+      element = processor;
 #ifdef UNAME_PROCESSOR
       if (element == unknown)
 	{
@@ -294,3 +292,38 @@
 
   exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
+
+
+/* Carlos E. Gorges
+return vendor_id from proc cpuinfo
+*/
+
+void
+__sysinfo_processor_type (char* proc_info) {
+ FILE *ffd;
+ char *p,temp_string[BUFSIZ],final_string[BUFSIZ]="unknown";
+ 
+ if ((ffd=fopen("/proc/cpuinfo", "r") )!=NULL) {
+ while ( fscanf(ffd, "%s : ", temp_string) != EOF)
+ #ifdef __PPC__
+ 	if (!(strcmp(temp_string, "machine"))) 
+ #endif /* __PPC__ */
+ #ifdef __sparc__
+ 	if (!(strcmp(temp_string, "cpu"))) 
+ #endif /* __sparc__ */
+ #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+ 	if (!(strcmp(temp_string, "name"))) 
+ #endif /* __x86__ */
+ #ifdef __alpha__
+ 	if (!(strcmp(temp_string, "model"))) 
+ #endif /* __alpha__ */
+ {
+         fgets(final_string, 64, ffd);
+         while (p=strchr(final_string, ' ')) *p='_';
+         while (p=strchr(final_string, '\n')) *p=0;
+	 break;
+ }
+ fclose(ffd);
+ }
+ strncpy(proc_info,final_string,BUFSIZ);
+}